The Best & Worst Fast-Food Smoothies

Find out which fast-food smoothies are the best nutritionally (and learn which to avoid)

I'm obsessed with smoothies. Maybe it's the heat. Maybe it's all the fresh berries my husband and I have been picking at
the berry farm. We've been going crazy with our blender—a handful of berries, some yogurt and a little ice. Cover, blend,
and presto! A tasty, satisfying breakfast (or snack) to grab and go.

Smoothies seem so inherently healthy—one refreshing drink can help you get a few servings of fruit, which boasts
fiber and antioxidants, and some calcium from yogurt. But many fast-food versions are just vessels for delivering
spoonfuls of sugar through a straw. Find out the best and worst smoothies at fast food restaurants.

Total Savings vs. Diet Busting Drink: 143 calories, 17 grams total sugars. When it comes
to calories Starbucks is a worthy competitor, but at second glance our Wake Up Smoothie excels with more than 100 percent
of your daily value for Vitamin C and 16 percent of your daily value for fiber.

Better Option to Make at Home: Hawaiian Smoothie (8oz), 81
calories, 21g of total sugars

Total Savings vs. Diet Busting Drink: 369 calories, 64 grams total sugars. Not only will
this exotic number help you drop pounds in comparison with the average drive-thru smoothie, it is also contains papain a
digestive enzyme found in papaya, which can help to settle a full stomach.